The importance of phonological awareness and verbal short-term memory to children's success in learning to read Chinese

Psychologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 211-219

  Ho, Connie Suk Han ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Phonological awareness; Reading acquisition; Verbal short term memory; Visual skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031329929     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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